Athlone Town fans have agreed on a patron scheme but the future is less clear for Finn Harps and Drogheda United.
The Drogheda United Emergency Committee met last night to discuss the ongoing examinership process.
The committee, having canvassed opinion widely among supporters and contributors to the emergency fund, decided that they had no option but to again offer the club's players the previous financial settlement that was rejected last Friday.
This decision was arrived at by the committee based on the knowledge that no other funding is available to the club other than that raised by fans and the people of the town and surrounding areas by general appeal since the public meeting held on 3 December.
Committee representative Dermot Mc Kenna spoke with Stephen Mc Guinness of the PFAI this morning to further explain that this money has come from general fundraising and donations by the fans and friends of Drogheda United.
McKenna expanded on the problems facing the beleaguered club, saying: ‘It is not possible to increase this offer in any way, and to do so would jeopardise the chances of Drogheda United’s future participation in the League of Ireland.’
The Emergency Committee have set a deadline for acceptance of 5pm tomorrow evening and is asking the players to seriously consider the terms of the offer.
The 2007 champions owe money to the Revenue Commissioners and are due to appear in court next week in a bid to come out of examinership.
Athlone fans agree patron scheme
There was good news for Athlone Town after 200 fans of the club committed their own money to a patron scheme.
The scheme aims to clear debts believed to be in the region of €300,000.
However, the future of first division club Finn Harps is still uncertain.
The Donegal outfit may have to revert to a largely amateur set up and as of now have only four players signed up for next season.
Club officials have confirmed that they need to come up with €150,000 within the next three weeks to satisfy the FAI that they are in control of their debt, which currently stands at €290,000.
